Fayetteville, Alabama
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Sylacauga census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35151. It stands on Periwinkle Branch. The Survey maps it on the Wilsonville quadrangle. 1,422 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 436 feet above sea level.
On record in Fayetteville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
William Averiett Houselisted 1986 · 0.9 miles away
Welch-Averiett Houselisted 1986 · 0.9 miles away- William Watters Houselisted 1987 · 0.4 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresFayetteville grew from 1,284 to 1,422 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,284 | |
| 2020 | 1,422 | +138 (+11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 25 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1890 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1915 USGS Gantts Quarry quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1915 USGS Gantts Quarry quadrangle1:48000
- 1917 USGS Gantts Quarry quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Gantts Quarry NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Wilsonville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Birmingham South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
89 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Fayetteville between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,654 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 23 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 48 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 55 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Fayetteville: 9 unknowns, 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eureka White Marble Co. Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Gantts Number 2 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hightower Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sylacuga Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Adair & Brewer Diggings | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Mcpherson's Bank | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Shelving Rock | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Sulphur Springs Mountain | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
Storms near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fayetteville in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $25,000 | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $5,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down along Cedar Creek Rd. |
| March 1998 | Hail | Fayetteville | $3,000 | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down in and around Fayetteville. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | - | Several trees were downed in the Fayetteville area. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | - | Numerous trees were uprooted and power lines were downed in the Cedar Creek area of Lay Lake. Some trees fell on homes. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Fayetteville | - | Ping pong size hail reported near Fayetteville. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Fayetteville | - | Quarter size hail was observed in Fayetteville. |
| March 2022 | Hail | Fayetteville | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Fayetteville | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Fayetteville | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deans | 1.2 miles | 25 | |
| Talladega Springs | 2.6 miles | 25 | |
| Sulphur Spring | 2.9 miles | 25 | |
| Kahatchee | 3.9 miles | 25 | |
| Mount Sharon | 4.5 miles | 25 | |
| Gantts Junction | 5.9 miles | 23 | |
| Gantts Quarry | 6.2 miles | 23 | |
| Oak Grove | 6.5 miles | 23 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Fayetteville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1262338 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 118227. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.










